PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
Plastic Bag Causes Tense Moments in Thailand
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/plastic-bag-causes-tense-moments-in-thailand

A Place In My Heart - Nana Mouskouri
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9gWklMFhpU

HEALTH
Forget Atkins! Forget Paleo! What You Need Is the Olive Garden Diet
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/forget-atkins-forget-paleo-what-you-need-is-the-olive-garden-diet-1510847563-lMyQjAxMTE3NjEzNzQxNDc4Wj/

Only one in 10 Americans eat enough fruits and vegetables, CDC study finds 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/17/just-12-of-americans-eat-enough-fruit-and-vegetables-cdc-study-finds?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=252816&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

HEALTH CARE
Is ObamaCare Killing People?
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/is-obamacare-killing-people-1510854888-lMyQjAxMTA3ODEwNzYxMzc2Wj/

HISTORY
97-Year-Old World War II Codebreaker Finally Tells His Story 
http://taskandpurpose.com/last-living-world-war-ii-codebreaker-finally-tells-story/

TAXES
Why Senate Tax Cutters Have an Eye on Big 401(k)s
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-senate-tax-cutters-eye-050004149.html

The Tax Proposals That Are Most Likely to Pass in Washington
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/tax-proposals-most-likely-to-pass-in-washington-1510883590-lMyQjAxMTE3NjEzNzQxNDc4Wj/

Under the G.O.P. Tax Plan, Who Would Win and Lose?
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/business/economy/tax-reform-bill.html?emc=edit_nn_20171117&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

NFL steps into politics, fights tax cut bill with no stadium bond breaks
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/16/nfl-fights-tax-cut-bill-with-no-stadium-bond-break/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTXpCaE5UQmlaRGN6TmpoayIsInQiOiIyUXRIdE83T3lwUHdXcW42SjZjXC94YnBJYTM5XC9NakUzdFNcLzczVzNcL1IweGRJcWRncWNaM3MrQm9WYm16V3Q5YmJMY2t5blwvTnZOaERJcXZpdGR0NFZLQUMzRTJ1QWNqUjNYWitGRWhGMGZzZlF5UlJDeER3UyszQU1mVzIxd2hNIn0%3D
This brutal chart shows what happens when the Senate tax cuts sunset 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-brutal-chart-shows-what-happens-when-the-senate-tax-cuts-sunset-2017-11-16

BUSINESS
The Koch brothers have reportedly put up $550m to buy Time Inc – why? 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/17/koch-brothers-buy-time-inc-why?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=252816&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

Nissan inspection scandal: Managers in the dark as trainees checked cars
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/nissan-inspection-scandal-managers-in-the-dark-as-trainees-checked-cars-2017-11-17

Whirlpool enlists government to help avoid competing and innovating
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/whirlpool-enlists-government-to-help-avoid-competing-and-innovating/article/2640905

TECHNOLOGY
Google Has Picked an Answer for You—Too Bad It’s Often Wrong
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/googles-featured-answers-aim-to-distill-truthbut-often-get-it-wrong-1510847867-lMyQjAxMTA3OTEzNzQxNDcyWj/



DEFENSE
US Forces Won’t Grow Much Despite Hill & Trump Rhetoric 
https://breakingdefense.com/2017/11/us-forces-wont-grow-much-despite-hill-trump-rhetoric/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=58547774&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-80ukVP5RCxIds9Q_NbdcaoUSYiXtVzmQGCbWOE7nhCRGyIkQeMR4j6RlliNM4NpX6pxeoXowo5keQUaBPkKDBNbkq7WQ&_hsmi=58547774

Navy Pilot In Hot Water For Drawing Enormous Penis In The Sky
http://taskandpurpose.com/mischievous-navy-pilot-hot-water-drawing-enormous-penis-sky/

TERRORISM
A New Piece Of ISIS Sniper Gear May Signal A Bloody Era In The War on Terror 
http://taskandpurpose.com/isis-sniper-night-vision-taliban/

MOORE
Alabama Women, Say No to Roy Moore
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/alabama-women-say-no-to-roy-moorealabama-women-say-no-to-roy-moore-1510875446-lMyQjAxMTA3ODEwNzYxMzc2Wj/

Washington grudgingly agrees to let Alabama pick its own senator
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-grudgingly-agrees-to-let-alabama-pick-its-own-senator/article/2641007

They Came To Clear Roy Moore's Character. They Talked About Guns And Abortion.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/came-clear-roy-moore-apos-194952547.html

POLITICS
Bonfire of the Prosecutors 
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/bonfire-of-the-prosecutors-1510790687-lMyQjAxMTA3NTE4NzkxODc0Wj/

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“The last resort of the competitive economy is the bailiff, but the ultimate sanction of a planned economy
is the hangman."
                ~ F. A. Hayek